Students are expected to crowd the beaches until mid-April. This week will have the largest groupings of students from Kansas, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama, to name a few.

While at the beach, Sosa and her friends will be drinking what they call “Get Laid Lemonade.”

“It’s got beer, vodka, (Bacardi) 151, lemonade and Malibu Rum,” 21-year-old Courtney Wilbanks says as she takes a shot of the concoction. “We came out early to get a good parking spot before everyone comes. We don’t care that it gets crowded. When you’re drunk, you don’t care about anything.”

Just down the beach, a group of Lambda Chi Alpha brothers from Mississippi State says their morning started off a little classier with mimosas and Pop-Tarts, or whatever food was lying around from the night before.

The group, stationed under a Mississippi State tent just in front of the Whale’s Tail, woke up early at 9 a.m. to get a prime spot before the rest of the spring break crowd arrived on the beach around noon.

“We’ll stay here all day playing beer pong, walking around, meeting people,” says 21-year-old Evan Handler, sitting in a fold-out chair, loud music blaring from a speaker the group brought. “We go out at night and stay out until 7 a.m. — there’s no rest for the weary.”

“This is our one week off from school where we can get out to have fun without any stress,” 20-year-old Ann Blake Langford says.

Langford and her two companions made new friends just a few minutes after arriving at the beach.

“That guy’s already taken a beer. I’m not OK with that,” whispers 20-year-old Carly Garnett to Langford as she looks at a 20-something sitting on her towel. “When we got here we went to the grocery store for food and — other things. We have crackers and chips for our meal of the day and then we’ll go out tonight.”

Langford, Garnett and 21-year-old Alex Reaves each came prepared with Big Gulp thermoses, but only Reaves admits she is sipping on a margarita.

“I don’t want to get in trouble,” Garnett says, smiling. “Let’s just say we’re going to let loose and get crazy.”

Students are expected to crowd the beaches until mid-April. This week will have the largest groupings of students from Kansas, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama, to name a few.

While at the beach, Sosa and her friends will be drinking what they call “Get Laid Lemonade.”

“It’s got beer, vodka, (Bacardi) 151, lemonade and Malibu Rum,” 21-year-old Courtney Wilbanks says as she takes a shot of the concoction. “We came out early to get a good parking spot before everyone comes. We don’t care that it gets crowded. When you’re drunk, you don’t care about anything.”

Just down the beach, a group of Lambda Chi Alpha brothers from Mississippi State says their morning started off a little classier with mimosas and Pop-Tarts, or whatever food was lying around from the night before.

The group, stationed under a Mississippi State tent just in front of the Whale’s Tail, woke up early at 9 a.m. to get a prime spot before the rest of the spring break crowd arrived on the beach around noon.

“We’ll stay here all day playing beer pong, walking around, meeting people,” says 21-year-old Evan Handler, sitting in a fold-out chair, loud music blaring from a speaker the group brought. “We go out at night and stay out until 7 a.m. — there’s no rest for the weary.”

“This is our one week off from school where we can get out to have fun without any stress,” 20-year-old Ann Blake Langford says.

Langford and her two companions made new friends just a few minutes after arriving at the beach.

“That guy’s already taken a beer. I’m not OK with that,” whispers 20-year-old Carly Garnett to Langford as she looks at a 20-something sitting on her towel. “When we got here we went to the grocery store for food and — other things. We have crackers and chips for our meal of the day and then we’ll go out tonight.”

Langford, Garnett and 21-year-old Alex Reaves each came prepared with Big Gulp thermoses, but only Reaves admits she is sipping on a margarita.

“I don’t want to get in trouble,” Garnett says, smiling. “Let’s just say we’re going to let loose and get crazy.”